Practices category: 4429 books
Tradition, Performance, and Religion in Native America
Ancestral Ways, Modern Selves
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
In contemporary Indian Country, many of the people who identify as "American Indian" fall into the "urban Indian" category: away from traditional lands and communities, in cities and towns wherein the opportunities to live one's identity as Native can be restricted, and even more...
Jewish Rites of Death
Stories of Beauty and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Death is the ultimate transformative experience. For Jewish communities, the ways this is dealt with—shaped by millennia of custom and belief—do more than routinely follow a set of prescribed practices; they provide an opening to a series of traditions compelling in their profound beauty...
What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover
What It Means and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The Passover was celebrated by Jesus and the disciples the last time they were together. Now popular speaker and writer Rabbi Evan Moffic brings an understanding to the Last Supper that will forever change how Christians celebrate Communion and prepare for Easter. Beginning with the Hebrew Bible and...
Jewish Meditation Practices for Everyday Life
Awakening Your Heart, Connecting with God
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
When we awaken to our own light, it becomes possible to develop real wisdom about our life. As wisdom allows us to see clearly, our hearts break open with compassion for the struggles of our own lives and the lives of all beings. Awakened with wisdom and compassion, we are impelled to live our lives...
The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam)
A Brief Introduction for Christians
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
A window into the Jewish idea of responsibility to care for the world—
written especially for Christians.
The concept of repairing the world (tikkun olam) is an integral part of Jewish life. It helps shape Jewish social and family relationships, and even mandates how Jews should speak to...
Secrets of the 7th Day
How Everyone Can Find Renewal Through the Wisdom and Practices of the Sabbath
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Life is hectic. Moms, dads, kids - all of us - are running at breakneck speed. We need to find ways to be renewed-as individuals, as families and in our communities. Sara Schley, who runs at her own breakneck speed as wife and mother of twins while leading a successful company consulting to businesses...
Beyond Chrismukkah
The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was. How is this development understood and regarded by Americans generally, and what does it tell us about the nation's religious life? Drawing...
Liturgy of the Ordinary
Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
In the overlooked moments and routines of our day, we can become aware of God's presence in surprising ways. How do we embrace the sacred in the ordinary and the ordinary in the sacred? Framed around one ordinary day, this book explores daily life through the lens of liturgy, small practices, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The way in which religious people eat reflects not only their understanding of food and religious practice but also their conception of society and their place within it. This anthology considers theological foodways, identity foodways, negotiated foodways, and activist foodways in the United States,...
Meditation and Judaism
Exploring the Jewish Meditative Paths
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2004
Meditation and Judaism is a comprehensive work on Jewish meditation, encompassing the entire spectrum of Jewish thought_from the early Kabbalists to the modern Chassidic and Mussar masters, the sages of the Talmud, to the modern philosophers. Both a scholarly, in-depth study of meditative practices,...
The Witch's Book of Rituals
Magical Practices for Celebrating Change, Creating Traditions, and Connecting with Your Personal Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2022
Create a spiritual space to find peace and meaning in your witchcraft with this accessible guidebook to Wiccan rituals.
Rituals are an important part to any witch’s life. They are used to commemorate special moments, mark changes, and help unify us with nature and deities. They help connect...
10-Minute Magic Spells
Simple Spells and Self-Care Practices to Harness Your Inner Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
**Looking to enchant your love interest? Seeking good fortune? Want to shape your destiny? 10-Minute Magic Spells will show you how tap into your inner power. Designed for the novice spellcaster, these simple spells and practices can be performed in minutes and don’t require expensive, hard-to-find...
by David E. Fitch
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
The Lord's Supper
Reconciliation
Proclaiming the gospel
Being with the "least of these"
Being with children
Fivefold ministry gifting
Kingdom prayer
The Church of All Ages
Generations Worshiping Together
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2007
Many congregations today experience collisions between parents who ant to spend time with their children and age-segregated church programming, as well as between the children worshiping in their pews and the increasing number of seniors in the same pew. Among the questions these congregations struggle...